Product Manager

Overview

About Acadian Crossing Consumer Products: Acadian Crossing provides best-in-class market infrastructure including strategy, category management, branding and marketing, and supply chain management. We are a true partner who nurtures, invests in and collaborates with our clients to ensure their big ideas are executed and brought to market.

Position Available: Product Manager I

Product Manager I supports product and project development initiatives that meet internal and external expectations, working independently while collaborating cross-functionally to drive growth, optimize sourcing, and launch new products. The role contributes to moderately complex initiatives with a strong focus on category expansion opportunities working with multiple departments across the organization and requires deep knowledge of assigned product categories, including specifications, market positioning, and performance.

• Lead and manages multiple projects with multiple stakeholders; achieves on-time delivery of multiple, simultaneous timelines.
• Provides strategic contributions to assigned category.
• Ensures products are competitively priced, meeting price image / financial objectives.
• Bring new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements; managing product development programs; preparing return-on-investment (ROI) analyses; establishing timelines with third-party engineering and manufacturing partners; managing the development and advancement of new products, including direct coordination with third-party vendors on scope, objectives, and deliverables; ensuring evolving client needs are met throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define quality control protocols for new items in partnership with Product Quality teams; negotiate directly with suppliers to meet quality, delivery, and cost objectives; evaluate current and potential suppliers in coordination with Global Sourcing Management; establish and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers at all organizational levels; document sourcing project performance, action plans, timelines, and issue resolution.
• Work closely with Supply Chain leadership to ensure supply continuity for all new product portfolios; handle requests for information (RFIs), quotations (RFQs), proposals, and bid processes; develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, policies, plans, and reports; create executive-ready presentations in collaboration with Global Sourcing and Commercial teams; support executives and senior management with data-driven insights that directly impact revenue growth.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience with exposure to one or more of the following:
  Global sourcing, Supply chain management, Category management, Project Management, Product development, and Manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of product information data flow (item, vendor, cost, price), category trends, category performance analysis, systems, process, and analysis.
• Strong enthusiasm for product development and manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency in Chinese, Vietnamese, German, and/or Spanish is a plus.
• Strong ability to balance creative thinking with process-oriented execution.
• Excellent project management skills with exceptional planning and organizational capabilities.
• Extremely high attention to detail.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to support recommendations through data, logic, and insights.
• Proven self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new concepts quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Dedicated, dynamic, and energetic work style.

Office setting / Travel

• Extended periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds occasionally.

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